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While I never saw it in the print edition the Tennessean did print my letter to the editor online.

Houston developer not keeping up its property

To the Editor:

A couple of legal immigrants are vying to be the Republican nominee to challenge Democrat U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper's hold on the Fifth District seat in Tennessee.

The Tennessean published this list of the board members of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, and among the names are Ramon Cisneros and Marcela Gomez.

Cisneros is the publisher of the Spanish-language La Campana newspaper and is also the President of the Board of the Tennessee Hispanic Chamber of Commerce*.

Gomez is the President of Diversity Brands and the Hispanic Marketing Group.

Early voting starts today across Tennessee for the Aug. 7 state primary and county general

Some things just reach out and grab your attention as soon as you see them. A post over at Michael Silence’s ‘No Silence Here’ blog did just that.

The entire post, headline and all, was

Headline of the day

When I opened up my morning copy of the Tennessean and saw the headline "Del Biaggio may have skirted full NHL review," that grabbed my attention.

The Tennessean takes a look at the race for retiring State Rep. John Hood's 48th House district. This looks to be a fairly competitive race all around, and if war chests are any indicator, State Democrats will have an uphill climb to keep this seat in Democratic control.

Davidson County

Enclave accuses the Tennessean of giving PR cover to Eric Crafton’s English First:

100 volunteers needed for Nashville Adult Literacy Council alone Somali student: four years to speak English proficiently, even more to read and write "They say almost universally if I knew English other doors would open" Janell Ross of the Tennessean reported here on the time it takes for a student to learn English, and on the need for teachers:LaWanna Shelton, the director of Metro sch